Clinical evaluation of new workflow-efficient image processing for digital radiography

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6515, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Barski, Lori L ^a   Couwenhoven, Mary ^a   Wang, Xiaohui ^a   Fletcher Heath, Lynn ^a   Dupin, Michael ^b   Katz, Douglas S ^c   Price, Anita P ^c   Kranz, Anca Onca ^c   Orlando Ortiz, A ^c   Motroni, Betty ^c   Belfi, Lily ^c   Foos, David H ^a  

^a EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY   (United States)

^b Dept of Radiology ^*  (United States)

^c WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital radiography; Digital X ray imaging; Image processing; Observer study

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE QUALITY; MEDICAL IMAGING; RADIOLOGY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; DIGITAL X-RAY IMAGING; OBSERVER STUDY;

RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 35048866924     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.710191     Document Type: Conference Paper

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